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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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(Rindale,) Rindaill, Ryndale, -daill, adv. and n. Also: rynddayll; roundell; rundal, -daill. [Rin v.¹ (as in Rin-rig) and Dale n.² See also Rendale.] Rundale. ‘Runrig is the term applied to the holding of alternate rigs. Rundale is used of the same kind of holding in larger parcels. The usual practice was to hold the croft land in runrig, the outfield in rundale and the pasturage in common.’ David Murray Early Burgh Organisation in Scotland; as illustrated in the history of Glasgow and some of the neighbouring burghs I (1924) 114 n.

A. adv. 1428 Liber Melros 521.
Thai couth part it no rychtar na hym to hafe the tane halfe & hym the tother ryndale be four ryggis & four till aythir part 1539–40 Yester Wr. 166.
Who apprised 2 marks worth of the said lands of Terrarane lyand ryndale throw the samyn 1542 Prot. Bk. W. Corbet 2.
Ryndaill 1545 Reg. Great S. 747/1.
Lie Feildland jacentem ryndale in territorio de Cottis 1586 Glasgow Prot. IX 98.
[The other acre lay in the said croft] rindaill 1593 Lanark B. Rec. 110.
The balleis and cunsall hes vottet that the toun muir be delt amang the … induelleris in this brught … rindaill amang thaim

B. noun.Only in the phr. in (in to) rindale, in (the) rundale.(a) 1474–5 Ayr B. Ct. 5 Jan.
The mark lande … the quhilk lyis in rynddayll with the freris land of Are 1527 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 88.
[10 merks worth of land] lyande in to ryndaill with nychtbouris in the toun … of Byrkynsid 1532–3 Ib. 129.
Jok Scot in Pelgait hes in heretaige the fourt part of all the Est Hanyng as it lyis in ryndaill 1556 (1587) Reg. Great S. 395/2.
4 bovatas et 1 cottagiam terrarum et ville de Inveresk … jacen. in lie ryndale 1580–1 Exch. R. XXI 445.
Unius marcate terrarum in lie ryndaill 1594 Ib. XXII 563.
Pro £4 de feudifirmis … terrarum … jacentium in ryndaill 1602 Reg. Great S. 481/2.
Jacen. in diversis locis specificatis partim. in rindaill 1614 Retours II Inq. Spec. Wigton (39).
2 mercatis terrarum de Ardnamoird jacentibus in rindaill antiqui extentus(b) 1581 Edinb. Test. IX 241.
The saidis thrie akiris of land lyand in the roundell as said is(c) 1600 Retours I Inq. Spec. Kirkcudbright (43).
40 denariatis terrarum antiqui extentus de Troqueir in lie rundaill jacentibus 1677 Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct. Deeds II 96.
[And the] cornland in rundal through wther